TO V. A. AVANESOV[1]

Written:Written on May 20, 1919Published:First published in 1956 in the journalIstorichesky ArkhivNo. 2.

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Avanesov,at the State Control Commission, toarrestthe official who replied in this way.

[1]Anote written by Lenin in connection with the following fact.
The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Council of People’s
Commissars received complaints from peasants F. Romanov (
Yaroslavl Gubernia) and I. Kalinin (Moscow Gubernia) that the localauthorities had wrongfully confiscated horses. The complaints
were sent to a special commission dealing with such cases and
were returned to the Council of People’s Commissars with the
remark, “Too busy to deal with such trifles”, which so outraged
Lenin.